The AfroDiscourse

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The Memory of Paradise (IV)

Conclusion of the series on "The Memory of Paradise".

Jun 4•Robert Odero

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Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu

Sep 8, 2023•Robert Odero

Things Fall Apart: Is this the Verdict for Christianity in Africa?

Jul 19, 2024•Francis Nyatundo

Glimmers of History’s Redemption: Light and Hope in Njoki Karu’s Mwīhoko: Ûtheri wa Ngoro

Her vital insights offer a path deeper into the redemption of history, and into its meaning for sub-Saharan Africa and the world.

Dec 31, 2025•Adrian Nyiha

The Memory of Paradise (Part III)

Kairos vs Chronos

Dec 5, 2025•Robert Odero

African Nostalgia and the Redemption of History

A response to Robert Odero’s “The Memory of Paradise (II)” (Part 2 of 2).

Jun 24, 2025•Adrian Nyiha

A Hope Beyond Mere Images

A response to Robert Odero’s “The Memory of Paradise (I)” (Part 1 of 2).

Mar 30, 2025•Adrian Nyiha

The Memory of Paradise (Part II)

Owing to our long sense of Zamani, African societies have something that the modern world has lost and desperately needs: a deep anchorage to the past.

Jan 11, 2025•Robert Odero

[From the Archives] On the Cult of the Ancestors

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The Memory of Paradise (Part I)

Africa's underdevelopment is related to her notion of time, to which Augustine's notion of time as memoria might serve as a necessary correction.

Sep 6, 2024•Robert Odero